Psssst … Just a helpful reminder that Mother’s Day is coming soon (this Sunday!), and our new Executive Chef Chris Chafe has an extraordinary luncheon planned to help you treat the important women in your life. Served at our Shag It Cafe (with a view that has to be seen to be believed), she’ll enjoy her choice of Slow Roasted Chicken Papardelle or Local Seafood Bouillabaisse, and S’mores Bread Pudding (oh my) or Cinnamon-Sugar Doughnuts with Carmelized Apples and Salted Caramel. See our complete menu, plus times and more details, here. And don’t forget, we’ve got lots of specials at Ocean Delight to add to the fun. Here’s to Mom (and You!)!
Green House Coming Soon
This project is near and dear to our hearts. Along with our many other projects at The Doctor’s House (like building The Big Barn for the upcoming wedding season), we’re also building a green house. We’re going to use it to grow produce for our Dining Room (talk about local!) – everything from herbs, of course, to elery, cucumber, pumpkin, ground cherries, tomatoes, and more. Our salads will be garden fresh, and we’re going to have a lot of fun doing it! We’ll also be growing cut flowers for the rooms. We’ll keep you posted as we populate these homes with plants!
Chris Chafe’s First Weekend
We’re happy to report that our new Executive Chef for The Doctors House, Chris Chafe, just finished his first full weekend, and it went swimmingly. He has a fabulous new Spring Menu that is fresh, locally sourced, and delicious (his homemade desserts are especially tempting!). We’re very happy to welcome to Chris to our Ocean Delight family, and we know he’ll continue to delight our guests with his work.
As a fan Antonio recently wrote on our Facebook page on hearing of Chris’ new position with us: “Congratulations Doctor’s House Inn and Spa! You have a very talented and hard working chef. The perfect compliment to your beautiful establishment. Newfoundlands hospitality is sure to shine with the local sights and sounds as well as the culinary artistry of Chef Chris Chafe. Hope to have the opportunity to experience it for myself!” We couldn’t agree more!
Whiteway Spring Hare a Success
Jerry was away this weekend and he missed out – the Whiteway Spring Hare and dinner theatre was a resounding success, as always, and as expected! We love how our Wonderful World of Whiteway comes together to provide a cultural and artistic weekend that is world-class and bar none. Thanks to Albert Legge for capturing some great shots and sharing them with us – you can see more on our Facebook page, here.
More Progress at The Big Barn
We’ve promised to keep our brides for the upcoming wedding season at The Doctor’s House appraised apprised of all the work going on at our Big Barn. As you can see, it’s coming along nice. And, it’s quite big! Construction is still on target – we can’t wait til it’s finished!
Welcome Chris Chafe!
We’re so excited to welcome and introduce our new Executive Chef, Chris Chafe. We first met Chris at the Eat the Hill culinary event in Clarenville this past winter, as we were delighted by his unique, delicious creations. We know that our guests will love his newly created Spring Menu, which we’ll be featuring every Thursday through Sunday throughout May.
Born and raised in St. John’s, NL, Chris Chafe earned the role of executive chef at age 22 as a result of hard work and passion. Chris began his culinary career working part-time as a dishwasher while attending university, and from there, he decided to pursue cooking full-time.
Completely self-taught, Chris honed his skills through apprentice work with experienced chefs. When he is not spending time with his wife and two-year-old son, Chris absorbs any information he can through television, recipe books, the Internet and other local chefs. Competitor on Food Networks show Top Chef Canada and winner of the silver medal at Gold Plates St. John’s 2011, Chris continues to challenge himself by participating in local charity and community events.
Enjoy Bay Roberts This Summer!
We love giving our guests recommendations for fun things to do while they spend time at our cottages. Thankfully, here on the Baccalieu Trail, that’s pretty easy! Especially with towns like Bay Roberts just a short trip away, there’s always something fun going on to explore.
Coming up soon in May, Bay Roberts will be hosting their popular ‘Songs, Stages and Seafood Festival,’ a great opportunity to enjoy Newfoundland culture and cuisine. They’ve got a car show coming up, too, and more. Please see all their offerings here, keeping in mind that coupled with some of our Spring Specials, a fun, family weekend away might be in your near future!
Happy Saturday
Happy Saturday, everyone! We hope you have a great weekend – and remember, we have lots of great Spring Specials lined up, so your next weekend could be your best one yet this year, spent with us. And if you’re wondering whether you should indulge this weekend, Murphy’s posing by Shag Rock to remind you, to just smile and say ‘Shag It!’
More Renos
We never would have guessed how much could go on ‘behind-the-scenes’ at a resort like The Doctor’s House until we were running one ourselves! We’ve already blogged about our renovations to the ‘Big Barn,’ building a fun and big new space for the upcoming wedding season. Less obviously, since we’re still managing to ‘wow’ with our hot breakfasts and gourmet weekend meals, we’ve also been re-doing our kitchen, too. The original was functional but not big enough, so a re-vamp was necessary, and our modifications are coming along nicely. We have some fun things planned for our restaurant this summer, so please stay tuned!
Meeting Our Neighbours on the Baccalieu Trail
Yesterday Jerry got to take part in a special day arranged by Legendary Coasts to profit and not-for-profit tourism operators on the Baccalieu Trail. We all got to know each other a little better and we all presented ourselves and our offerings.
It was a great idea and the session was well attended, with a great presentation by Tourism, Culture and Recreation of Newfoundland and Labrador about digital marketing, and a tour of the Cupids Legacy Centre – a fantastic facility built in commemoration of Canada’s first English speaking community in Canada. Lots of learning and lots of great new friends – that’s a great day!
